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Adjective of quantity
Predicative Adjectives
Personal Titles
Possessive Adjectives
Demonstrative Adjectives
Indefinite Adjectives
Interrogative adjectives
Comparative Adjectives
Superlative Adjectives
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Predicative Adjectives
Predicative adjectives are those which follow a linking verb and not placed before a noun.
Predicative adjective does not act as a part of the noun it modifies but serves as a complement of
a linking verb which connects it to the noun of the sentence. Take for instance 'The bag is heavy'.
Here the predicative adjective 'heavy' is associated with the verb 'is' and links to the noun 'bag'.
Other examples are:
Personal Titles
Personal titles are adjectives where the titles such as, Mr., Master, Miss, Mrs., Uncle, Auntie,
Lord, Dr, Prof. and so on, are used as adjectives to describe the position of the noun. These titles
could be placed in the front or even at the end. For example:
The day after tomorrow, you can visit Auntie Pauline and Uncle John.
The classes on Monday will be presented by Dr. Mary and Prof. Kate.
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Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives are used when there is a need to point specific things. The adjectives
function as a way to demonstrate something and are similar to demonstrative pronouns. Here
words such as this, that, these, those and what are used. Take, for instance, the sentence: 'If I hear
that sound again, I will call the Police'. Here 'that' refers to a specific sound. Other examples are
as follows:
Indefinite Adjectives
Indefinite adjectives are used when the sentence has nothing to point out or specify. These
adjectives are formed from indefinite pronouns and do not indicate anything in particular. It uses
words such as, any, many, few and several, etc. Here is an example explained in detail: 'The chief
has heard many people make the same promise'. The word 'Many' is an indefinite adjective
which does not specify the quantity of people and modifies the noun 'people' without pointing
out exactly who all have made the said same promise. Other examples:
Interrogative Adjectives
An Interrogative adjective modifies a noun or a noun phrase and is similar to the interrogative
pronoun. It does not stand on its own and includes words such as, which, what, who, whose,
whom, where and so on. For example: 'What dress are you wearing?' Here, 'what' modifies the
noun 'dress' and is the object of the compound verb 'are wearing'. Other examples:
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Comparative Adjectives
Comparative adjectives are those which imply increase or decrease of the quality or quantity of
the nouns. It is used to compare two things in a clause. Adjectives are generally made
comparative by adding 'er' to the original work like nicer, taller, smarter, etc; there are some
exceptions also. Other examples are:
Superlative Adjectives
Superlative adjectives express the greatest increase or decrease of the quality; it conveys the
supreme value of the noun in question. For instance, 'He is the richest man in this town'. Here,
the word 'richest' is the superlative adjective which shows a comparison individually.
It is not difficult to describe anything in this world. Even a lizard can be called pretty by
someone and ugly by another; adjectives fall into place right here. The type of description
required in the specific sentences is something which should be given utmost attention to and the
right kind of adjective must be duly selected. These are the simplest parts of speech ever!
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